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Information Law weekly highlights—16 August 2018

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Published on: 16 August 2018

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Table of contents

Data protection
The GDPR and complex supply chains
Biometric data too ‘intrusive’ a way to improve EU identity security
German court rules Facebook account can pass to user’s heirs after death
Reputation management
Court clarifies cumulative harm principle in defamation (Sube v News Group Newspapers)
Brexit
Brexit Bulletin—Brexit SI scrutiny, sifting and drafts published for information
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Article summary

This week’s edition of Information Law highlights includes an analysis of the impact of the General Data Protection Regulation, Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (the GDPR) on complex supply chains, alongside commentary on the German court ruling that a Facebook account can pass to the user’s heirs after their death.

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